Hah! I was there at that spot today. Are they aloes, or yuccas? I noticed some bigger plants had names carved into the big leaves, sort of green grafitti. Sumner was beautiful: sunny, sparkling and warm after the first frost in town. Hope you are okay tonight Lilith. An upside of the shakes for me is that Sumner is less frantic and more funky, a bit like the 70s and 80s.

It’s a rather lethal rare Agave of which I cant remember it species. After flowering it has taken nearly 2 years to die. It will have babies that would have dropped off the flower to self seed but it’s too sharp so I’m not looking to replant it’s off shoots . Maybe transplant any new ones up north before they get too big though.Aloes are easier to deal with like this one

I LOVED that book as a kid. And the part I remember best, definitely the tigers turning into butter!

I immediately thought of that book too, but couldn't remember more than the imagery of a cat (tiger) going round in circles and becoming something else. My PC memory block must have erased it from my consciousness. ;-)

Thanks Encyclopedia Dalziel, you were even better than Google in this case.